Maybe I’m mistaken, or maybe i’ve only heard a vocal minority, but I believe i’ve heard people saying that Toy Story 2 is better than Toy Story. I don’t get it. Since Disney+ came out, I think i’ve watched each of the first 3 movies about 40 times each andthe 4th probably 25 since it was released later.
I like the first one the best, and i think 3 might be my second favorite. I enjoy all of them, I’m just not sure why anyone would say 2 is better than 1.
I just did not like 4. Wish they’d left it at 3. I don’t have a clear favorite, but I think 2 is a favorite because it introduced Jessie and Bulls-eye. My daughter (age20) just said 2 is her favorite. For me it’s either 1 or 2, I guess.
1 is my favourite. 2 is good. 3 had lots of good moments. 4 had its moments too but it was mainly just unnecessary and I wish they hadn’t bothered. Forky got on my nerves.
I can see 2 as better than 1. 1 lays the groundwork for the universe, but 2 brings in a lot of compelling characters and really lets Buzz go full “Buzz Lightyear” where he’s going for style over everything. We’ll refer to having a “Buzz Lightyear moment” when one does something purely for style points. Not sure #1 had that kind of cache moment.
I’d likely go 2-1-Big Gap-3-4, although I probably need to watch 3 & 4 more than I have to give them a fair shake. I guess I do have time for a marathon. Hmmm…
Your house sounds like mine! I go back and forth. I do really love Toy Story 2. I think that one has gotten the most traction at my house. I think it’s neck and neck with 1. Semi-related it’s incredible the difference in animation between the two. Sometimes 1 gets comical. 3 is just hilarious too and the ending is so well done. (But why did they have to almost-incinerate them??)
Toy Story 4 has grown on me incredibly. It is quite the contender but I can’t get over the separation of Buzz and Woody! But we are big Forky fans! I also am intrigued by Woody’s history as well. He specifically says he is from the 50’s, so he MUST have had kids before Andy!
I think they all have pluses and minuses, and 4 does leave us with a kind of realistic satisfying ending, but it felt like it was trying too hard at times.
Overall, I might rank 2 ahead of 1 depending on my mood. Hard to say. But 3 and 4 just don’t have the rewatchability that the first two have.
What I would to see is for them to re-render the first one to match the quality of the last, but keep it scene for scene untouched.